Supreme Court strikes down law banning use of Facebook by registered sex offenders

The Supreme Court unanimously struck down a North Carolina law that bars the use of commercial social networking sites, including Facebook, by registered sex offenders.

A lower court upheld the law, but lawyers for Lester Gerard Packingham—who is a registered sex offender-- say it is too broad and swept in their client even though his Facebook posting concerned the fact that his parking ticket was dismissed.